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Overview

Paul Edison is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with significant contributions in subfields such as Neurology, Physiology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

Their work focuses on several main topics including Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, functional brain connectivity studies, dementia and cognitive impairment research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, neurological disease mechanisms and treatments, advanced neuroimaging techniques and applications, and the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Paul Edison has published extensively in several prominent journals. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • Brain Connectivity
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease
  • Ageing Research Reviews

Recent publications by Paul Edison include:

  • Neuroinflammation and microglial activation in Alzheimer disease: where do we go from here? (2020, Nature Reviews Neurology)
  • Long covid-mechanisms, risk factors, and management (2021, BMJ)
  • Microglial activation and tau propagate jointly across Braak stages (2021, Nature Medicine)
  • Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer disease (2024, Nature reviews. Immunology)
  • Antidiabetic agents as a novel treatment for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease (2023, Ageing Research Reviews)

Their research collaborations involve frequent co-authors including Joseph Nowell, Sanara Raza, Grazia Daniela Femminella, David J. Brooks, and Harry Crook.

Best Publications

  • Neuroinflammation and microglial activation in Alzheimer disease: where do we go from here?

    Fangda Leng;Paul Edison

  • Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease: Current evidence and future directions

    Valeria Calsolaro;Paul Edison

  • Long covid-mechanisms, risk factors, and management.

    Harry Crook;Sanara Raza;Joseph Nowell;Megan Young

  • Microglia, amyloid, and cognition in Alzheimer's disease: An [11C](R)PK11195-PET and [11C]PIB-PET study.

    Paul Edison;Hilary A. Archer;Alexander Gerhard;Alexander Gerhard;Rainer Hinz;Rainer Hinz

  • Conversion of amyloid positive and negative MCI to AD over 3 years An 11C-PIB PET study

    A. Okello;J. Koivunen;P. Edison;H. A. Archer

  • Amyloid, hypometabolism, and cognition in Alzheimer disease An [11C]PIB and [18F]FDG PET study

    P. Edison;H. A. Archer;R. Hinz;Alexander Hammers

  • Microglial activation and tau propagate jointly across Braak stages

    Tharick A. Pascoal;Andrea L. Benedet;Nicholas J. Ashton;Nicholas J. Ashton;Nicholas J. Ashton;Min Su Kang;Min Su Kang

  • Amyloid load in Parkinson’s disease dementia and Lewy body dementia measured with [11C]PIB positron emission tomography

    P Edison;C C Rowe;J O Rinne;S Ng

  • An early and late peak in microglial activation in Alzheimer's disease trajectory.

    Zhen Fan;David J Brooks;David J Brooks;Aren Okello;Paul Edison

  • Microglial activation and amyloid deposition in mild cognitive impairment A PET study

    A. Okello;P. Edison;H.A. Archer;F.E. Turkheimer

  • Drug repositioning for Alzheimer's disease

    Anne Corbett;James Pickett;Alistair Burns;Jonathan Corcoran

  • Reference and target region modeling of [11C]-(R)-PK11195 brain studies

    Federico E. Turkheimer;Paul Edison;Nicola Pavese;Federico Roncaroli

  • Microglial activation correlates in vivo with both tau and amyloid in Alzheimer’s disease

    Melanie Dani;Melanie Wood;Ruth Mizoguchi;Zhen Fan

  • Microglia, Amyloid, and Glucose Metabolism in Parkinson’s Disease with and without Dementia

    Paul Edison;Imtiaz Ahmed;Zhen Fan;Rainer Hinz;Rainer Hinz

  • Amyloid load and cerebral atrophy in Alzheimer's disease: An 11C-PIB positron emission tomography study

    Hilary A. Archer;Paul Edison;David J. Brooks;Jo Barnes

  • A European multicentre PET study of fibrillar amyloid in Alzheimer's disease

    Agneta Nordberg;Agneta Nordberg;Stephen F. Carter;Stephen F. Carter;Juha Rinne;Juha Rinne;Alexander Drzezga

  • Influence of microglial activation on neuronal function in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease dementia

    Zhen Fan;Yahyah Aman;Imtiaz Ahmed;Gaël Chetelat

  • Evaluating the effects of the novel GLP-1 analogue liraglutide in Alzheimer’s disease: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (ELAD study)

    Grazia Daniela Femminella;Eleni Frangou;Sharon B. Love;Gail Busza

  • Brain inflammation accompanies amyloid in the majority of mild cognitive impairment cases due to Alzheimer's disease.

    Peter Parbo;Rola Ismail;Kim V Hansen;Ali Amidi

  • Amyloid pathology and axonal injury after brain trauma

    Gregory Scott;Anil F. Ramlackhansingh;Paul Edison;Peter Hellyer

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Brooks
David J. Brooks Newcastle University
Federico E. Turkheimer
Federico E. Turkheimer King's College London
Martin N. Rossor
Martin N. Rossor University College London
Alexander Gerhard
Alexander Gerhard University of Manchester
Nicola Pavese
Nicola Pavese Newcastle University
Alexander Hammers
Alexander Hammers King's College London
Juha O. Rinne
Juha O. Rinne Turku University Hospital
Robert Perneczky
Robert Perneczky Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Paul M. Matthews
Paul M. Matthews Imperial College London
Mattia Veronese
Mattia Veronese King's College London

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